Isabel, North Dakota

Unincorporated community in North Dakota, United States

48°03′53″N 99°39′12″W / 48.06472°N 99.65333°W / 48.06472; -99.65333CountryUnited StatesStateNorth DakotaCounty BensonElevation

1,614 ft (492 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)Area code701GNIS feature ID1033864^[1]

Isabel is an unincorporated community in Benson County, North Dakota, United States.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

A website about ghost towns in North Dakota states that as of 2012, Isabel had no functioning landmarks remaining.^[4] According to the 2010 census, the surrounding Isabel township had a population of 46, which rose to 47 after the 2020 census.^[3]

History

On October 20, 1939, a lost pet crow belonging to farmer Ben Alberts from near Brooks, Alberta was shot dead by Isabel rancher J. H. Wortman, after having travelled 800 miles south. Identification of the pet was possible through his name tag. He became lost south because he still had the animal instinct to migrate during the Fall.^[6]

In 1923, the town had a church.^[7]

The now-abandoned Isabel Country School once existed in the area.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Isabel, North Dakota
^ "Isabel (Benson County, ND)". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Isabel, ND - Geographic Facts & Maps - MapSof.net". www.mapsof.net. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Larson, Troy (May 16, 2012). "Isabel, ND". Ghosts of North Dakota. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^ "Isabel Populated Place Profile / Benson County, North Dakota Data". northdakota.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^ The Calgary Herald. Nov 6, 1939. page 8.
^ The American Missionary (1923). Volume 77. page 551.